Kayaking in Tortuguero National Park

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January 26th 2017

Published: June 24th 2017

Geo: 9.38945, -84.1347 We kayaked twice in the Tortuguero National Park, once with a guide and once with ourselves. A few of the ins and outs: The Park office opens at 6:00 am and there is a rush to get each group checked in and on their way. Suspect the upscale lodges register their guests and then pay after they have been in the park because you see their boats go roaring up the river withou... Read Full Entry

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La Taberna from the water

had dinner there a couple of nights and enjoyed the evening

checking in at the national park

flowers along the riverban

very lush scenery

oropendula nests

birds busy in and out of nests

moving this way and that

spider monkeys

baby spider monkey

this was our first time to see spider monkeys. We have seen the other three types and so this was a real treat. According to our information they are almost the same size as the howler monkey but have the facial markings not seen on the howler.